Ocasio-Cortez told the Times she was preparing to move to D.C. but the time before she leaves New York will be "very unusual, because I can’t really take a salary. I have three months without a salary before I’m a member of Congress. So, how do I get an apartment? Those little things are very real."

"There are many little ways in which our electoral system isn’t even designed (nor prepared) for working-class people to lead. This is one of them (don’t worry btw - we’re working it out!)," she wrote.

Not sure at all thatit's an oddity, it is that she is showing the real deal. Many members of Congress share apartments or homes. They usually still have a home in their district that must be paid for as well.